11/07/2025
A quick story: THE SIDEKICK SQUAD STOPS A BANK ROBBERY
FIRST, AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CHARACTERS - THE SIDEKICK SQUAD
When all the heroes of Liaison are fighting Nexus monsters, and the police are guarding people’s lives, there is one group that you can always count on. (Well sometimes). It is The Sidekick Squad.
The Sidekick squad is a group of … sidekicks. But Only Whiskers is actually the sidekick of a registered hero. So the sidekick squad are sidekicks to a sidekick.
The roster includes:
Whiskers-sidekick to Catseye- Though non powered, she is good at gymnastics and has many improvised ‘weapons’ made from everyday objects and toys.
Vet- A veterinarian who uses animal science (and ketamine patches) to fight crime. He has a Mynah bird named Poe who helps him by distracting villains so Vet can slap a ketamine patch on the them..
Scarlet Lampshade- A retired lighting tech and ‘roadie’ Scarlett lampshade uses flashing lights and shade-cloths to confuse villains and capture them. He is also a dock worker / roadie strong.
Louie- A handy-capable man who has souped up his mobility scooter and crutches and canes. Sometimes he simply runs people over with the scooter to stop them.
NOW, THE STORY:
The teens ran out of the Liaison General store and business center laughing and carrying bags of money and beer. "See, Jimbo?" Killer said, "I told you, While the heroes are over there fightin' the nexus thingees' the city is ripe for the pickin'"
Jimmy said, "Yeah, I know, but what if they beat it before we get out of town?"
"Naw, “ Killer said, "Gummy has our bikes right over there."
They rounded the corner and saw Gummy, another leather and denim clad biker, his gun out facing off with several people in funny suits.
"What the hell?" the first one asked.
"These creepoes are gonna try an stop us." Gummy said.
Jimbo, Slash, Buster, Big John, Charlie and Juju stood behind the leader, Killer. Killer shook his head and said, "No, They ain't. We got no time for this. Waste 'em."
Vheeter, the girl one in a big spotted leopard skin onesie, laughed and said, "Waste 'em! Like in the movies! Cool!"
Scarlet Lampshade, the big man in the red waited until they were all drawing their guns and suddenly a bright light flashed from him, blinding them all for a moment. But that was all the odd group needed.
Whiskers said, "Sidekick Squad, Get em!” Since Whiskers moved fastest she pulled out her slingshot and shot a small water-balloon of finger-paint at Killer. It hit and splashed red paint in his face. He screamed like he had been hit with acid.
Cheeter jumped at the closest one, Gummy, but she tripped over her shoe-laces, landing at his feet, and accidentally rolled into his legs, tripping him and knocking him to the ground, making him drop his gun.
Louie, The one in the mobility scooter, hit the forward button, and drove into Jimbo, and whacked Slash with his cane, knocking Jimbo to the ground and making slash drop his gun.
"Good Job Louie!" Vet, the one in the black cloak said. He moved forwards and slapped something against the cheek of Buster.. Buster swung at him, knocking him down, but as he fell a bird flew off of his shoulder and flew at Charlie. The bird made a loud "Caw" sound, startling Charlie and he tripped over the black cloaked man.
"You okay Vet?" Scarlett Lampshade asked. "Boy for a vet you sure don’t fight very well."
"I'm not that kind of vet!" he said. "I don't fight! I'm a doctor. Can't you all ever remember that?" as he spoke, buster fell to the ground. "But the ketamine patches will make them sleep so they don’t fight either.”
Scarlett lampshade threw a shade cloth over Juju, and pulled the drawstring, locking the top half of his body in a light-proof bag. While Juju was yelling, Scarlet Lampshade punched him. Juju fell onto the ground and struggled with the cloth.
Whiskers loaded a marble and a snap & pop in the slingshot. the marble hit Big John in the chest and the impact made the snap & pop make a "bang" sound. Big John yelled, "I'm shot!” and dropped to his knees.
Cheeter, who was on the ground beside Gummy, picked up the gun that Gummy had dropped and pointed it at him. "You be nice now," she said. While he stared at the gun she pulled out a hard plastic club and bonked him on the head.
"Ow!" he said, grabbing his head "That hurt!" Cheeter said, "Yeah, so does shootin' people. You can't do it in Liaison anyway, see?" she said, and clicked the gun's trigger several times. no shot was fired.
Louie turned around and whacked the back of Slash's legs with his crutch and ran over Jimbo's feet with his mobility scooter.
Vet slapped a ketamine patch on Charlie, who tried to stand and then fell back down.
Scarlet Lampshade pulled the cord tightening the cloth that was wrapped around Juju much tighter and lower down, and used the cord to tie his feet. Juju flopped around helplessly.
Killer said, Screw this! and ran and started his motorcycle.
Cheeter jumped up and ran to Louie. "Lets get him!" she said, as she jumped onto the back of his mobility scooter. The little souped up mobility scooter took off fast enough that the motorcycle hadn't gotten speed up yet.
They were right beside him when Cheeter shoved Louie's crutch into the spokes of the front wheel of the motorcycle.. the front wheel stopped, and the back end rose up, shooting Killer forwards. He went tumbling down the street, and came to a stop groaning in pain.. Cheeter and Louie stopped beside him and handcuffed him to the wrecked motorcycle.
Gummy started to go towards his motorcycle and Scarlett lampshade said, "You really want to do that, son?"
Jimbo was on the ground cursing and holding his feet. Slash tried to get up, only to see a black bird fly at him screaming "Caw!" He ducked to the ground.
Whiskers moved to big John and said, "I'm a doctor, let me se the wound and check your pulse." she glanced at his chest, knowing it was ok, and while she held one hand, she put a handcuff on it, and pulled the other up and cuffed it too."Yeah, you're ok. The marble didn't break either, so it’s a win win."
"Marble?" Big john asked.
Whiskers picked up the glass marble. "Yep, Good as new, see?" she also attached a chain from the cuffs to his foot while she was bent down.. When he tried to stand, he found himself tied up.
Scarlet Lampshade sat beside Gummy and said, "You know, son,, A life of crime is no way to get ahead. especially in a gang. "Look at how stupid that was. I mean attacking and robbing a superhero town? My grandmother lives here, and she can shoot the eyebrows off of a mosquito. It was really dumb to do this.You know that, right?" Gummy nodded. "Then there may be hope for you."
The sirens stopped and the constant thunder quieted. Liaison’s high tech armored police, the TAK squad, flew overhead, but one of them stopped in mid air and lowered to the ground. Captain Edge took her helmet off and asked scarlet Lampshade, "Do I want to know?"
He laughed,. “Probably not." he pointed to where the rest of the sidekick squad were bringing the gang together and piling their weapons away from them. Each one who had still been awake eventually got a ketamine patch. Vet hated violence. so this way they wouldn't hurt themselves, and the hurt ones felt no pain.
"This gang decided to rob the bank while the heroes were fighting a nexus beast." Scarlet Lampshade said. "I saw Reverend Baker go in after they left, so she likely has the people in there calmed down and safe."
Whiskers walked up to Captain Edge. “Hi Captain Suit!" she said. "We got some bad guys for ya! You wanna report an' statement?"
"Of course we do." Edge said. "Just when you go in, please do not talk to Harrelson. He's still nervous from your last report."
Whisker scratched her head. "Hmm, Why do you guys have such nervous officers here. I mean they fight nexus things, you’d thing they could do a simple report." she smiled. “Hey! Do you want me to teach like a class on how to do reports!"
"No!" Edge, Louie, Vet, and Scarlet Lampshade all said. in unison. Cheeter just shrugged
"Geeze, it was just an idea." Whiskers said.
Edge said, "Me Tennant , it appears your crutch is bent."
Louie looked at his crutch. "Yeah, someone used it to stop a motorcycle." he said looking at Cheeter.
"I have a few at the house, I can give you one," Vet said.
Louie looked at vet as the Myna bird on vets shoulder laughed at them all. "But you're an animal doctor.." Louie said. "What animal uses crutches?"
Vet laughed. "Me. I sprained my ankle last month, remember?"
The mynah bird said “Nevermore!" and then "Caw!" Vet shook his head and said, "Hush Poe."
The bird laughed at him again.
Edge looked at Scarlet lampshade. "Thanks for working with the sidekicks.. It’s a huge help." she put on her helmet and said, "Good work Sidekick Squad." and her thrusters came on and she shot up into the sky heading for the sky platform.
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